Am I the only one??? Please help... Input wanted.

I have my pp appointment on Friday. It is supposed to be my 6 week but DD came a week late. I have 3rd degree tears and it has not "sealed up yet". I am still bleeding and in a lot of pain. Is anyone else in the same boat. I only had 1st degree rear with my first one. This sucks it hurts so bad still!!! I am so scared for my appointment because I don't want anything going in my vagina but I also want to see if my healing process is normal.

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I haven't had that and I am sorry, it does not sound like fun. I am sure though, if you haven't healed a lot then the doc wont be doing an exam until you have healed, so you'll probably have to make an extra appointment. Also, you shouldnt be scared about it cause you might find that there is a reason you havent sealed up yet and the doc can help you figure out why.

I thought I had a 2.5, that's what I was told when I gave birth.
At my 4 w pp appointment, my doc told me it was a 3 degree and it wasn't heal enough.
It happened to be a little open, I had light but bright red bleeding so my doc came and grab this huge Q-tip with a gray end, it looks like a match, to seal the wound.
It burns the area and it hurts like hell!
It was hard for me to sit a few minutes after.
Sorry, I forgot the name of the thing she used.
It has been over a week now and I feel better.

Call your OB's office first. With my first I was still bleeding at 6 weeks and called to check before coming in. They had me wait a bit longer until the bleeding had stopped. It wasn't heavy bleeding and I wasn't concerned with it.

With my 3rd son I had 33 stitches. It hurt like hell. But by the time I had my check up the speculum exam was not all that bad. I do agree with pp however and would call to see if your doc wants to wait til the bleeding has stopped. Also, with this baby, I tore also, not as bad, but I had to have a speculum exam at 10 days pp. it was uncomfortable, but not painful.

I had an episiotomy and a bunch of tears of various degree. My doc had me at a 2 week appointment to check on my healing process. I was terrified for the exam. He only checked things very superficially. Yes, it still hurt, but I was able to handle it okay. I will have another one for the typical 6 weeks, and I'm still scared for that one. I don't want anything in my vagina ever again. :/

I understand where you are coming from and I'm sending good vibes your way hoping everything goes well.

I had a 4th degree tear and just had my pp check up a week ago (4.5 weeks.pp). My midwife did not do a speculum exam because she said I had been through enough trauma. She did manually check to make sure my uterus had healed...it didn't hurt.